Let's look a this example:
This is what the Top 10 of the LTD Ladder looks like.
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And this is what the Top 10 of the LTD Ladder actually is.
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As you can see we actually have 3 different Ladders merged into one, which makes the whole reason of the ladder obsolete.
For clarity:
The players I categorized as "Mega/Euro" are such who've not played any Beta games recently and have most of their games played on either the Mega or the Euro bot. The reason I put Mega/Euro together is because they both have the same rules, same version and for the most part the same players, there is no real difference. This is also the most flexible category, because from my point of view everyone who doesn't play exclusively on either Beta or 1,2k+ belongs in this category. So Mega/Euro might also be a "mixed" player who plays Mega/Euro aswell as Beta & 1,2k+.
The players I categorized as "Beta" are such who've exclusively played Beta games.
The players I categorized as "1,2k+" are such who've exclusively played 1,2k+ games.
The players I marked with "??" are such where i don't exactly know where they have their elo from. bbo.bbo for example has 3 1,2k+ games in his history but nothing else, and from the time before my recent wc3 break i remember that he had played a lot of Mega/Euro aswell, so i didn't wanna categorize him as 1,2k+ Player. As you can see, this is a problem.. Why do we have such a merged ladder? I mean... It is ok that all bots have the same elo, it's way too late to change that anyway because people would be really pissed about an elo reset; but we could easily have 3 different ladders showing 3 different types of players.
So here is my suggestion:
Remove the current "Legion TD Mega" Ladder and replace it with "Legion TD Mega/Euro", also add "Legion TD Beta" and "Legion TD 1,2k+".
To determine who should be in which ladder i recommend the following:
Mega/Euro: This is sort of the general ladder where everyone will find himself that doesn't meet the requirements to be placed in either the beta or 1,2k+ ladder.
Beta: Players will only be shown in this ladder if their last 50 games were exclusively played on the beta bot; or if they have 100% beta games in general (must be at least 10 games played total).
1,2k+: Players will only be shown in this ladder if their last 50 games were exclusively played on the 1,2k+ bot. Also at least 50% of their total games have to be on the 1,2k+ bot.
Note: Drawn games do not count towards the 50 required games!
If a player is for example placed in the 1,2k+ ladder he will immediatly be removed from it and placed in the Mega/Euro ladder instead if he plays a single game on any bot that isn't the 1,2k+ one! Same goes for Beta. So these 2 ladders will be very strict. Why is this a good idea? Because it's essentially different games and they should have seperate ladders! I for example have no clue how to play properly on the beta bot, and a player who only plays mega/euro and only cross has no idea how to play properly on 1,2k+; so why are we all in the same ladder?
I know this will probably not be as easy to implement but it's surely possible and i think it's a much needed change.
